JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1144: Shock Index Predicts Outcome in Patients with Suspected Sepsis or Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081144 Authors: Middleton Smith Bedford Neilly Myint Background: To improve outcomes for patients who present to hospital with suspected sepsis, it is necessary to accurately identify those at high risk of adverse outcomes as early and swiftly as possible. To assess the prognostic accuracy...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1143: Reliability of Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio (iFR) for the Evaluation of Left Main Coronary Artery Lesions Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081143 Authors: Rosa Polimeni Velli Conte Sorrentino Spaccarotella Mongiardo Sabatino Contarini Indolfi The assessment of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) by coronary angiography has several limitations. The fractional flow reserve (FFR) is useful for the functional evaluation...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1145: Association between Beta2-Adrenergic Receptor Agonists and the Risk of Vascular Complications in Diabetic Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081145 Authors: Lee Lee Oh Park Jung Kim Kwon Jeon Han Noh Beta2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR) agonists can have protective effects targeting macrophage activation, but research on human subjects has not been done. This study...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1137: Mortality from Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy: Exploring the Gap between Estimated and Civil Registry Data Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081137 Authors: Jakob Manthey Jürgen Rehm Background: Based on civil registries, 26,000 people died from alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) in 2015 globally. In the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 study, garbage coded deaths were redistributed to ACM, resulting in substantially higher ACM mortality estimates (96,669...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1142: Prevalence of Thyroid Disease in Patients Surgically Treated for Pituitary Disease Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081142 Authors: Kim Cho Ku Jung Moon Kim Shin Kim Lee Thyroid disease mainly has a thyroid origin but can occasionally have a pituitary origin. Clinicians face several challenges when these conditions occur together. We aimed to determine the prevalence of thyroid disorders in patients undergoing trans-sphenoidal...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1141: Biatrial Remodeling in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Running Title: Atrial Function in Cystic Fibrosis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081141 Authors: Aleksandar Dordevic Martin Genger Carsten Schwarz Cesare Cuspidi Elvis Tahirovic Burkert Pieske Hans-Dirk Düngen Marijana Tadic Background: Previous studies have focused on left and right ventricular remodeling in cystic fibrosis (CF), whereas atrial function has not been assessed...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1136: Effects of SHBG rs1799941 Polymorphism on Free Testosterone Levels and Hypogonadism Risk in Young Non-Diabetic Obese Males Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081136 Authors: Daniel Castellano-Castillo José Luis Royo Ana Martínez-Escribano Lidia Sánchez-Alcoholado María Molina-Vega María Isabel Queipo-Ortuño Maximiliano Ruiz-Galdon Juan J. Álvarez-Millán Pablo Cabezas-Sanchez Armando Reyes-Engel Francisco J. Tinahones Fernando...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1139: A Simple Effective Pharmacological Treatment of Hypoxemia During One-Lung Ventilation Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081139 Authors: Davide Chiumello Silvia Coppola Erica Ferrari Hypoxemia during one-lung ventilation is a challenge in the clinical practice. Moving from the results of the study conducted by Choi et al., we discuss the possibility to modulate hypoxemia by administering iloprost via inhalation, in the light of the physiological...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1138: Therapeutic Potential of Lespedeza bicolor to Prevent Methylglyoxal-Induced Glucotoxicity in Familiar Diabetic Nephropathy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081138 Authors: Moon Ho Do Jae Hyuk Lee Kyohee Cho Min Cheol Kang Lalita Subedi Amna Parveen Sun Yeou Kim Lespedeza bicolor (LB) is often used in traditional medicine to remove toxins, replenish energy stores, and regulate various symptoms of diabetes. This study aimed to explore...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1140: Acupuncture for Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081140 Authors: Mike Armour Caroline A. Smith Li-Qiong Wang Dhevaksha Naidoo Guo-Yan Yang Hugh MacPherson Myeong Soo Lee Phillipa Hay Background: Depression is commonly treated with anti-depressant medication and/or psychological interventions. Patients with depression are common users of complementary therapies, such as acupuncture,...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1135: Periodontitis: A Multifaceted Disease of Tooth-Supporting Tissues Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081135 Authors: Eija Könönen Mervi Gursoy Ulvi Kahraman Gursoy Periodontitis is an infection-driven inflammatory disease in which the composition of biofilms plays a significant role. Dental plaque accumulation at the gingival margin initiates an inflammatory response that, in turn, causes microbial alterations and may lead to drastic consequences...
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